This is a project I've been working on for ~3 months. It started out as an example to prove a point that one can make a Metroid engine in Gamemaker, and as a learning exercise for Gamemaker Studio 2.

Premise
Remember Minitroid? Well, I do. And I though it was a shame to see it die. I've decided to try and create at least one area (possibly more) just for the hell of it somewhat inspired by Minitroid. Run through Brinstar as a tiny Samus Aran, collecting upgrades and traversing this strange alien planet.

Screenshots
Here's the updated title screen:

Another surprise, the options menu works! All of these are fully functional.

And a working file select! You can copy and delete your files. They also store playtime.

Let's get into the game, shall we? Thanks to a handy palette swap shader written by Pixelated Pope, All three of Samus's suits have been implemented. The only one that still needs work is Gravity, as there's currently no code behind it.

If you've got any questions whatsoever, ask away. I'm hoping I can share a small trailer sometime soon, and in the future, a demo.

Demo
Edit: I've made a tiny demo, mostly for the purpose of getting feedback on the game's controls and physics. You can download it here.
Edit 2: The demo is still fully functional, but DOES NOT represent the final game, and more so, where it's advanced in two months.
Edit 3: New demo!

I'll update it all in a sec, but this is a fangame that's been developed by me and my team, it's been going for roughly 10months now. I started this project not knowing how to use game maker,or even knowing what game maker was. I originally used kousorus Metroid engine, though now i use physix's amazing MEngine. The game has been rebooted several times so it's early in dev. Anyway, if you've heard of msr388, this project is similar to that. I will be sure to update this post with screenshots and videos, soon!
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XrkMRwuLqs&ab_channel=Hackmi
Screenies:
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Long, long ago, a child by the name of Elias Thompson created the crowning achievement of the human race. A fangame, simply known as Metroid: Evolution. If anyone has the archaic software know as "Game Maker 6/7", it would be a great service to us all if you were able to compile these fossils:https://github.com/eliasthompson/Metroid-Evolution